Polls open in Bangladesh's parliamentary elections

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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Voting has started in Bangladesh's contentious parliamentary elections. The polls Sunday in the South Asian nation are seen as a referendum on what critics call 71-year-old Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's increasingly authoritarian tendencies. Hasina's main rival is former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who's in prison for ...

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